Package-tie.



6. W1 STOUT.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1911.

1,294,321, Patented Feb. 11, 1919 ATTOR N EYS mvrrnn 1 STATE% PATENTonnrcn.

GEORGE W. STOUT, OF MEBCHANTVILLE, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICANVULCANIZED FIBRE COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE.

' PACKAGE-TIE.

Application filed June 12, 1917.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STOUT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Merchantville, in the county of Camden, State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Package-Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists of a novel construction of a package tie having abody portion, which may be constructed of vulcanized fiber, metal, woodor other suitable material possessing the requisite strength andrigidly,said body portion being provided with an extension at one end thereofhaving inwardly converging outer walls which at their junction with saidbody are provided with recesses, the opposite end of said body having aninwardly extending oblique slot provided with inwardly converging wallsand in a side thereof another inwardly extending shorter oblique slot,and there being an eye between said slots for the reception of theknotted end of the tying cord.

To the above ends my invention consists of a novel construction of apackage tie having the distinguishing characteristics hereinafterspecifically pointed out in the claims.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliableresults, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities asherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a package tie embodying myinvention showing also a tying cord and a package or bundle wrappedthereby.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the package tie seen in Fig. 1,in detached position, showing the manner of engaging the tying cordtherewith.

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of my novel package tie with the tyingcord removed therefrom.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates my novel construction ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, rain.

Serial No. 174,199.

package tie, the same comprising a body portion 2, which is preferablyof circular or similar contour, and is provided with the tongue orextension 3, having the inwardly converging outer walls i, which attheir point of junction with the body are provided with the recesses 5.

6 designates an inwardly extending oblique slot, cut or kerf havingconverging walls, whose terminus 7 is preferably extended to or a slightdistance beyond the median line of said body drawn through the extension3. 8 designates a shorter oblique slot, cut or kerf, which is located inproximity to the extension 3 and is provided with the curved terminalseat or recess 9 for the reception of the free end 10 of the tying cord11, which is inserted through the eccentrically located hole 12 andprovided with a knot 13.

The manner of using my invention will be apparent from Figs. 1 and 2, itbeing apparent that the tying cord 11 after having been wrapped orlooped around the package or bundle 12. may be tied by having its freeend drawn within the obliquely extending longer slot 6 and thence passedaround one of the recesses 5, its free end being then drawn into theshorter oblique slot, cut or kerf 8, as indicated in Fig. 2, whereuponthe package will be securely tied and said free end 10 cannot bedisengaged by an accidental pull.

If desired, said free end 10 can be wrapped or looped once or twicearound the converging walls 4: of the extension 3, and it will .beapparent that other ways of using my device may be employed, if desired.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and usefulconstruction of a package tie, which embodies the features of advantageenumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the abovedescription, and while I have in the present instance, shown anddescribed a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practi-vesatisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the sameis susceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A package tie, comprising a plate or body, an extension on one endthereof pro vided with inwardly converging outer walls, an inwardlyextending oblique slot located in said body at the end opposite to saidextension, .and a second shorter oblique slot located in a side of saidbody at a point nearer said extension, said body having an eye locatedeccentrically therein out of alinement with said extension andintermediate e of said oblique slots.

recesses at their point of junction with said body, a slot havinginwardly converging walls and its inner terminus located at a pointslightly beyond the median line of said body passing through saidextension, said body having an eye and a second obliquely extendingshorter slot located above said eye provided with inwardly converglngwalls for the reception of the freeend of said tying cord, the longer ofsaid slots having its inner terminus located out of alinement with saidextension.

GEORGE W. STOUT.

Witnesses:

E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS,

C. D. McVAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, 10. C.

